No indictment returned in Clintonville shootings

A grand jury has voted not to indict any of the seven Columbus police officers who fired their handguns, killing a man and woman, during a shootout in Clintonville this past spring.

Randy Ludlow, The Columbus Dispatch

A grand jury has voted not to indict any of the seven Columbus police officers who fired their handguns, killing a man and woman, during a shootout in Clintonville this past spring.

Grand jurors had been asked to review the May 15 shooting deaths of Emmanuel Gatewood, 24, and Kourtney L. Hahn, 21, Franklin County Prosecutor Ron O’Brien announced yesterday.

Both were shot by officers multiple times after Gatewood began firing gunshots at pursuing officers, with the couple’s car crashing in the parking lot of Fire Station No. 19 near N. High Street and North Broadway.

Two officers received slight wounds from flying glass during the shootout, which remains under investigation by Columbus police to determine whether the officers followed Police Division policies in using deadly force.

Two guns, including one with a high-capacity magazine, were found in the couple’s sport-utility vehicle. Gatewood had a lengthy criminal history and was a suspect in the April 5 shooting death of Lance Glenn, 29, outside a South Linden bar.